Former racing driver and team principal Tom Walkinshaw died today, December
12, at the age of 64, after fighting a battle with cancer. He was born at
Mauldslie Farm, near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland on November 17, 1946.
Tom ...

IN MEMORY OF HARRY BRIX
The International Motor Sport Association honors the memory today of Harry
Brix, a championship-winning team owner in IMSA and one of the nation's
pioneering businessmen. The 61-year-old Brix passed away Sunday in ...

HARRY BRIX 1947 -- 2009
San Jose, California, Feb 2 2009. It is with enormous sadness that the
death of Harry Brix is announced. The 61-year-old passed away on Sunday
in his home town of Los Gatos, California after suffering a cardiac
arrest...

REMEMBERING TEDDY MAYER
The family and friends of Teddy Mayer wish to extend their sincerest
gratitude for the outpouring of well-wishes and remembrances of their
father, grandfather and friend. His loss last week was a stunning blow
and...

Flat Spot On
by Jonathan Ingram
MAIN MAN AT PORSCHE
The year was 1990. Just as dusk was falling at Daytona, we were standing in
the outer room of the Benny Kahn Media Center. Bob Wollek had won the pole
for the 24-hour late that afternoon and...

PORSCHE LOSES A MOST DEAR FAMILY MEMBER - BOB CARLSON
Bob, who turned 60 years-old this past October, had a significant influence as both a
journalist and public relations professional in the automotive and motorsports worlds,
particularly...

REMEMBERING PAUL NEWMAN: A LONG, FULL LIFE
The American Le Mans Series paddock remembered Paul Newman on Saturday as a
larger-than-life personality and one of the world's most renowned figures
in motorsports. When hearing the news of his...

PAUL LEONARD NEWMAN
January 26, 1925 -- September 26, 2008
Paul Leonard Newman, eighty-three, one of the most warmly admired and
universally loved figures in motion pictures and philanthropy, died
Friday after a long battle with cancer at his...

"Paul Newman - a real American hero, an inspiration to me in much that I
have attempted in my adult life. Not so much for the parts he played but
for the man that he was. He was one of Hollywood's greatest. He could not
only talk the talk on...

Former SCCA Pro Racing President Greenwood Passes
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 18, 2008) -- SCCA Pro Racing was saddened
to hear of the passing this morning of former company president Dan
Greenwood.
Greenwood served as President of SCCA Pro...

There was no passing of a torch when Milt Minter died on December 23, 2004.
Minter was an original.
Known most particularly for his endurance drives in Porsche sports cars
from the 60s to this current decade, Milt was one of those guys who
could...

Dear Friends,
We sincerely thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers at this
difficult time. We know that our Dad will be remembered for the legacy he
left and the way he touched many people's lives. He would be overwhelmed to
see the ...

Obituary - John J. Burns
John J. Burns, 83, an avid auto racing enthusiast, lived the kind of life
many men only dream about. He participated in the sport he so loved as a
race car driver, a driving instructor, a pace car driver and a ...

BRASELTON, Ga. (April 2, 2003) -- Former IMSA World Sports Car and Group
C2 champion Fermin Velez died Monday in Barcelona, Spain, three days shy
of his 44th birthday, following a battle with cancer.
Former IMSA champion Fermin Velez,...

ATLANTA - Bob Akin died late Monday night of complications from injuries
suffered last Thursday during a testing accident for a historic sports car
race at Road Atlanta.
Akin crashed in a 1988 Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo during testing for the ...

Sondra Leitzinger, 65, died of a heart attack in her sleep Wednesday at home in
State College, PA.
She was the wife of Bob Leitzinger, long-time IMSA and SCCA sports car racer, and mother of
road-racing star Butch Leitzinger. Karen Kurtz Earl,...